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Padaek
Laotian Thai
Seng Luangrath is widely credited with bringing Laotian food to the DC dining conversation, and this Falls Church strip-mall restaurant is where that reputation took root. The menu leans into bright, lime-forward salads, fragrant soups, and banana-leaf-wrapped fish, with a crispy coconut-rice salad that regulars treat as non-negotiable. Homestyle Laotian cooking in a room that's casual enough for a weeknight but specific enough to feel like a find.
One honor, in evidence:
The record strongest first
- Washingtonian #42 · 100 Very Best Restaurants
One number, weighted & current 65
How we scoreThe dishes from the writeups
- Crispy coconut-rice salad Washingtonian, 2026
- Muu som Washingtonian, 2026
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